The ''Gesellschaft für Musikforschung'' (GfM) is a professional association of

musicologists Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and institutes active in study, research and teaching in Germany. It has over 1600 members. The association is based in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

History

The society was founded in 1946, continuing the work of a predecessor institution. It deals with questions of historical musicology,

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

and

systematic musicology Systematic musicology is an umbrella term, used mainly in Central Europe, for several subdisciplines and paradigms of musicology. "Systematic musicology has traditionally been conceived of as an interdisciplinary science, whose aim it is to explor ...

. The society also promotes musicological research in dialogue with other disciplines. In addition, it sees itself as an organ for communicating findings from the field of music to the public. The society publishes the scholarly journal ''

Die Musikforschung ''Die Musikforschung'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of musicological which since 1948 is published on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung by Bärenreiter. The editors-in-chief are Panja Mücke ( Hochschule für Musik ...

'' by Bärenreiter-Verlag and also collaborates with the publishers

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. The catalogue currently contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on ...

Henle Henle can refer to: * Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, a German physician, pathologist and anatomist (1809–1885) ** Loop of Henle in the kidney, named after Henle *Fritz Henle, a photographer, known as "Mr. Rollei" for his use of the 2.25" square for ...

Laaber Laaber is a municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the River Schwarze Laber (note the spelling difference). The now-ruined medieval castle on the hill above the town centre was once the seat of the Lords of ...

Georg Olms Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * ...

, and Schott. Every year a scientific conference with symposia, lectures and events of the specialist groups is organized; every four years another one is held as the "International Congress of the Society for Music Research".

Honorary members

Anna Amalie Abert Anna Amalie Abert or Anna Abert (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1996) was a German musicologist. Life Abert was born in Halle (Saale) in 1906. Abert was the daughter of the music historian Hermann Abert. She studied with Hans Joachim Moser ...

Richard Baum Richard Dennis Baum (; July 8, 1940 – December 14, 2012) was an American China watcher, professor emeritus of political science at UCLA, and former director emeritus of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, noted for his many academic works on C ...

* Hanspeter Bennwitz *

Georg von Dadelsen Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * ...

* Rudolf Eller *

Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respecte ...

Günther Henle Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gun ...

Friedhelm Krummacher Friedhelm Krummacher (born 22 January 1936) is a German musicologist. Life Born in Berlin, Krummacher is the second oldest son of . He studied musicology after his private music teacher examination in 1957, philosophy and German studies in B ...

* Helga de la Motte-Haber * Christoph-Hellmut Mahling *

Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller (21 July 1929 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German musicology, musicologist. Life and career Niemöller studied musicology at the University of Cologne from 1950 to 1955. Afterwards he received his doctorate with a dissertati ...

Wolfgang Rehm Wolfgang Rehm (3 September 1929 – 6 April 2017) was a German musicologist active mostly in music publishing, especially the '' Neue Mozart-Ausgabe''. He was on the board of its editorial team for decades, and personally edited operas and piano m ...

* Martin Ruhnke * Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle *

Artur Simon Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning " bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). ...

Rudolf Stephan Rudolf Stephan (3 April 1925 – 29 September 2019) was a German musicologist. Life Stephan was born in Bochum. After studying violin at the conservatory, he entered the Institute of Heidelberg, where he studied musicology at the University unde ...

Walter Wiora Walter Wiora (30 December 1906 – 8 February 1997) was a German musicologist and music historian. Life and career Born in Kattowitz, Wiora received his doctorate in Freiburg with Wilibald Gurlitt and then worked as an assistant at the Deutsches ...

Frieder Zschoch Frieder Zschoch (30 March 1932 – 3 March 2016) was a German musicologist. Life Zschoch was born in Großenhain as the second son of the Lutheran pastor Reinhold Zschoch and his wife Hildegard. He grew up in a musical home and received piano ...

Literature

* Kurt Gudewill: ''Zwanzig Jahre Gesellschaft für Musikforschung''.''Zwanzig Jahre Gesellschaft für Musikforschung''
on WorldCat in ''

'' 20 (1967), .

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gesellschaft fur Musikforschung Cultural organisations based in Germany Musical groups established in 1946 Organisations based in Kassel 1946 establishments in Germany German musicologists Professional associations based in Germany